Apart from FM who are your 10 favorite bands?

[Mancrose]

Dont know if this post is ok here, but im a newbie.
So apart from fleetwood mac (obviously you like them otherwise you wouldnt be here!) who are your 10 favorite bands?
Heres mine:

1. Pink floyd
2. Guns n' Roses (old and new)
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Tool
5. The Smiths
6. Nine inch Nails
7. Audioslave
8. Robert Plant
9. The Replacements
10. Rage against the machine

[David]

I don't think I could think of ten favorite rock bands. I sort of dislike rock.

On top of my list is a band called the Beatles. They were pretty good. Then Fleetwood Mac. They were all right.

Umm.....oh, I also like this guy named Van Morrison. He's kind of interesting.

Umm....can't......really.....think......of.......others......

Oh, yes---Jellyfish!

[chiliD]

Doesn't it stand to reason that you could've included Robert Plant with Led Zeppelin and left a slot for another artist?? :laugh:

Anyway...mine are, really, in no particular order...including their solo works in with their band...so when I say "Beatles", that's individually AND collectively...or in the case of Eric Clapton, that would include the groups he was a member of Cream, Blind Faith, Yardbirds and Derek & The Dominoes, too...oh, and only considering artists in the rock genre:


Beatles
Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
ZZ Top
Allman Bros Band
Little Feat
Jimi Hendrix
Bonnie Raitt
Santana
Bob Marely & The Wailers

But, other than the first five, the rest could change on a whim.

[wetcamelfood]

Originally posted by Mancrose
Dont know if this post is ok here, but im a newbie.

Just so you know, yeah this kinda stuff goes under the "chit chat" section. :)

As long as I'm here I'll rattle some off the top of my head. Some of these bands/artists may not be classed as "rock" as such but anyways, after FM or course comes...

1. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
2. The velvet underground
3. Pink Floyd
4. Tangerine dream
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Sandy Denny
7. Kirsty Maccoll
8. Heart
9. Jefferson airplane/starship
10. Bonnie Raitt

Faves as of today, could change at any time, in no particular order, etc. :)

John

[Mac Fan]

This should really be in the Chit Chat forum, but anyway, in no particular order:
Radiohead
Idlewild
Supergrass
U2
Feeder
Coldplay
The Charlatans

Can't think of anymore, atm.

[joe68]

Natalie Merchant
David Bowie
Peter Gabriel
Coldplay
Tom Petty
Mick Jagger (his last solo album was brilliant!)
Duncan Shiek
Carly Simon
Sarah Maclachlan
Joan Osbourne

and Toni Childs (back in the day...)

[estranged4life]

10.King Diamond
9.Slayer
8.Led Zeppelin
7.U2
6.Thin Lizzy
5.Pink Floyd
4.Dream Theater
3.The Rolling Stones
2.The Beatles
1.Queen

[BlueGrass]

Sting
Peter Gabriel
Eric Clapton
Phil Collins
Bruce Springsteen
James Taylor
U2
Eminem
Dr. Dre
Common

[SaraRhiannon]

In no particular order:
Steely Dan, Heart, Better Than Ezra, Belly, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Concrete Blonde, Genesis, Van Halen, 10,000 Maniacs, & The Commodores

[FiercestCalmSea]

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Led Zep
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
DMB
Disturbed
Tool
Metallica
Aerosmith
Santana

[becca]

Groups only: Stereolab, Yes, The Hollies, Clannad, The Velvet Underground, The Police, Temptations, Ink Spots, Television.

Groups I relate to FM: Eagles, Chicken Shack, Bluesbreakers, Cream, Yardbirds, Small Faces, Firefall, Gentle Giant, America, Traffic.

[jmn3]

In no particular order:

The Rolling Stones (Someone told me today they love classic rock, but hate the Stones....I didn't even think that statement was possible? The Stones ROCK..even at 60!)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
The Police
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
The Beatles (I'll include in here all solo efforts by the members, as well as Wings)
Eric Clapton (including his work in the various bands he's been in)
The Who
U2
Nelly*

*Okay, okay, the last one doesn't fit AT ALL....but I love Nelly! He's one of the very few rap artists I ever listen to.

I'll also mention in here how I am only 22 years old, and most of the bands/artists I listed (all of them, except for two) were around before I was born. I was just talking to someone at my internship today about kids my age and our music preference. We really have a bunch of crap now, and it seems that kids that really are into music, are into classic rock. Just a strange observation...considering our parents and grandparents had incredibly different ideas about what good music was.

[EnchantedStorms]

CCR
Journey
Matchbox 20
Bruce & the E Street
Genesis
Simon & Garfunkel
Bee Gees
Heart
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Def Leppard


~Angela~:wavey:

[larg]

In no particular order:

1. Jeffrey Gaines
2. Blues Traveler
3. Phish
4. Amazing Rhythm Aces (if you've never heard of them, you should seriously consider getting either their album "Too Stuffed To Jump"!! It's worth it, IMO!!!)
5. Eric Clapton
6. Harry Nilsson
7. Hootie and the Blowfish
8. Dave Matthews Band
9. Inanna
10. Eva Cassidy

Well, the top four are my favorites with Fleetwood Mac, making those five my top 5. :)

Adam R./Larg

[The Chain]

1.Fleetwood Mac
2.Fleetwood Mac
3.Fleetwood Mac
4.Fleetwood Mac
5.Fleetwood Mac
6.Fleetwood Mac
7.Fleetwood Mac
8.Fleetwood Mac
9.Fleetwood Mac
10.Fleetwood Mac

[DownOnRodeo]

lol, what TheChain said


Queen
BeeGees
Genesis
Dire Straits
Radiohead
Simon & Garfunkel
Doobie Bros
ABBA
Simply Red
Roxette




OMG I have such a bad taste in music!! lol :distress: ;) :laugh:

[Nightbird_Brett]

Good question! You really will regret having asked me that. I love to make lists. With that said, I cannot group bands, solo female, and solo male together so here is my list of all three:

Bands or Groups:
1. Fleetwood Mac (I'm sorry--I couldn't make a top-10 list and not see them at number one.)
2. Heart
3. Bon Jovi
4. Beatles
5. Simon and Garfunkel
6. Supremes (don't laugh):D
7. Bee Gees
8. Matchbox 20
9. Mama's and the Papa's
10. CCR

Females (solo):
1. Stevie
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Natalie Merchant
4. Bonnie Raitt
5. Cyndi Lauper
6. Janis Joplin
7. Tina Turner
8. Cher
9. Celine Dion
10. Carole King

Males (solo):
1. Bob Dylan
2. Elton John
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. James Taylor
5. Billy Joel
6. Joe Cocker
7. Bob Seger
8. George Harrison
9. Paul McCartney
10. John Mellencamp

Thanks! That was fun!

[EnchantedStorms]

Arghhh!! I forgot Dire Straits!! I can't believe I did that. Oh, well, lol...if it HAS to be only ten, then take out Def Leppard. :laugh:


~Angela~:wavey:

[seteca]

1. Pink Floyd (on same level as Fleetwood Mac)
2. The Shadows
3. Prince, & The Revolution / New Power Generation.
4. Guns N' Roses
5. Dire Straits
6. Genesis
7. Queen
8. Bon Jovi
9. U2
10. Aerosmith.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[golddustwoman77]

This is tough, because I like a lot of different bands.

(1) Fleetwood Mac is my favorite band , of course, and all their solo efforts too, but other than that:

(2) The Doors

(3) Janis Joplin (all of her bands--Big Brother, Full Tilt Boogie, etc.) and Prince (all his forms). Sorry but third had to be a tie; I couldn't choose! :laugh:

(4) Rolling Stones

(5) The Who

(6) Simon and Garfunkel

(7) Bob Dylan

(8) Jefferson Airplane

(9) The Grateful Dead

(10) The Eagles/CCR/The Beatles (tie)





:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

[wondergirl9847]

I'm on a TOTALLY different wavelength here...LOL

1. DC Talk
2. The Monkees
3. Journey
4. a-ha
5. BBMak
6. Jars of Clay
7. Newsboys
8. Duran Duran
9. Aerosmith
10. BSB/NSync

FM is my ABSOLUTE FAVE GROUP EVER! :nod:

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally posted by wondergirl9847
I'm on a TOTALLY different wavelength here...LOL
8. Duran Duran


Yes you are Christy! lol!! ;) :wavey: :nod:



(Joe looks at his own list..) Um.... maybe not!!!:distress: :distress: :laugh: :wavey: ;)

[KathyD]

This is really hard, because other than FM and The Rolling Stones, I don't really have specific favorites. I just like to listen to pretty much all kinds of rock. But I'll give it a try:

The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
U2
REM
Sister Hazel
Sheryl Crow
Alanis Morissette
Eric Clapton
Heart
Queen

[wondergirl9847]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo
Yes you are Christy! lol!! ;) :wavey: :nod: (Joe looks at his own list..) Um.... maybe not!!!

Hey, what's wrong with DD? LOL I like their stuff! BTW, I like Roxette too, I have their greatest hits CD.

Hmm...let's see YOUR list..LOL

Queen - AWESOME...I have the greatest hits set.
BeeGees - AWESOME...the only good thing about Sat. Night Fever, IMO
Genesis - AWESOME...I have Phil's greatest hits...which includes Genesis songs...
Dire Straits - AWESOME...Mark's voice is nothing to sneeze at, but his guitar work is PHA-NOMINAL!
Radiohead - I don't listen to/own their CD's.
Simon & Garfunkel - AWESOME...I love Art's voice.
Doobie Bros - I don't own their CD's, but I know some of their songs, and Michael McDonald has a cool voice!
ABBA - I'm not a fan, but they are okay...my dad likes em!
Simply Red - I only know like one or two of their songs....but cool!
Roxette - I own their greatest hits CD. :thumbsup:

DARNIT....can't find anything crappy in your list to make fun of! :laugh:

[becca]

This is weird. I really like Duran Duran a lot but the opposite is true of Roxette, I kind of hate them fiercely. :^)

Nobody seems to have mentioned Peter Green's Splinter Group or John McVie's Gotta band. Hmmm. Or did I not read carefully.

[SeventhWonder]

Well here they are (in no real order)

U2
The Police
The Doors
Santana
Interpol
Beck (yeah I know...he's not a band but oh well)
Radiohead
REM
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Weezer

hmmm...a rather varied group, no?

[macfan 57]

1)The Beatles

2)The Beach Boys
3)Paul McCartney & Wings
4)Simon & Garfunkel
5)The Everly Brothers
6)The Bee Gees
7)The Eagles
8)The Rolling Stones
9)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
10)Sting & The Police

[iamstevienicks]

Definitely on a different wavelength :D

Abba
Celine Dion
Sarah McLachlan
NSYNC/Justin Timberlake
Enrique Iglesias
Mariah Carey
Kate Bush
Elton John
Five star
Kylie MInogue

Thats was hard

[The Tower]

Heart
Joni Mitchell
The Innocence Mission
Indigo Girls
Rickie Lee Jones
Maria McKee
Led Zepplin
Aerosmith
Annie Lennox/Eurythmics
k.d. lang

[ERigby818]

1. The Beatles (including all solo stuff)
2. Pink Floyd
3. Blondie
4. CSNY (and all bands their members were in)
5. Radiohead
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Eagles
8. America
9. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
10. The Dixie Chicks

-Sonia

[Emmeline]

Wasn't this supposed to be bands? Anyways...here are my favs:

The Refreshments (the Swedish band)
The Dixie Chicks
Gloria
The Byrds
Simon & Garfunkel
The Jayhawks
Savage Garden
TLC
Smokie
Roxette

in no particular order, except for The Refreshments and The Dixie Chicks which are on the top of the list, the first of the two I've just recently discovered and I'm totally crazy about them at the moment :D

~Emma~

[madformac]

Here you go. Bands, solo or whatever.



Jamiroquai
Oasis
Eric Clapton
Sting
Peter Green Splinter Group
Dire Straits (inc Mark Knopfler solo)
Chris Rea
Bee Gees
Guns 'N Roses ('85-'93)
Stereophonics


:wavey:

[Mac Fan]

Originally posted by The Chain
1.Fleetwood Mac
2.Fleetwood Mac
3.Fleetwood Mac
4.Fleetwood Mac
5.Fleetwood Mac
6.Fleetwood Mac
7.Fleetwood Mac
8.Fleetwood Mac
9.Fleetwood Mac
10.Fleetwood Mac

LOL. I would probably say that as well, and doing a top 10 is really hard, partly because other than FM and a few other bands, I don't really listen to much other music.(althouhg, saying that, I listen to almost anything)

[Cristian]

1. The Beatles!
(that includes from pre-Beatles acetates to the latest album released by George Harrison and the upcoming Ringo album!!! :D -- really they are my favorite band. Ever).

2. Queen
3. Abba
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Pink Floyd
6. Simon & Garfunkel
7. Bee Gees
8. The Eagles
9. Oasis
10. Radiohead (pre-Kid A stuff only)

Tough.


Song of the moment - Docklands

[AliP]

Groups:
1. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
2. The Beatles
3. Dixie Chicks
4. Matchbox Twenty
5. No Doubt
6. Train
7. Travis
8. The Pretenders
9. Collective Soul
10. Journey

Solo:
1. Chris Isaak
2. Paul McCartney
3. Paul Simon
4. Sheryl Crow
5. John Stewart
6. Elton John

[Mac Fan]

Originally posted by Cristian

10. Radiohead (pre-Kid A stuff only)


What's wrong with post-Kid A?
Althouhg, I would have to agree, post Kid-A, is very hard to listen to.(apart from Pyramid Song and Knives Out)

[Cristian]

Originally posted by Mac Fan
What's wrong with post-Kid A?Nothing, I just don't "diggest" it. I mean, you never "diggest" Radiohead music easily, but with OK Computer and the previous albums I could "diggest" them and taste them. Kid-A and post Kid-A stuff I can't diggest it.

JMHO.

Song of the moment - Docklands

[Mac Fan]

Originally posted by Cristian
Nothing, I just don't "diggest" it. I mean, you never "diggest" Radiohead music easily, but with OK Computer and the previous albums I could "diggest" them and taste them. Kid-A and post Kid-A stuff I can't diggest it.

JMHO.

Song of the moment - Docklands

I do see your point, I do find post-Kid A very hard to listen to, and you're right, the other albums were so much easier to 'digest'.
I just hope that the next album, is just as easy to digest as everything before Kid A.
Sofie

[Mike B]

Hmm...there is no band (or single performer) that I'm as obsessive about or interested in as Fleetwood Mac. My top 3 come close, as far as tracking down bootlegs and getting excited about tours, but most of my music time really is devoted to FM.

1) Sheryl Crow
2) Train
3) U2
4) The Lemonheads
5) Toad the Wet Sprocket
6) Gin Blossoms
7) Chris Isaak
8) Smashing Pumpkins
9) Matchbox Twenty
10) The Police

Can you tell I'm stuck in an early/mid-ninties music kick? :laugh:

Mike B.

[SaraRhiannon]

Originally posted by Mike B

5) Toad the Wet Sprocket
6) Gin Blossoms

Mike B.


Good choices, Mike!

[nightbird28]

Hard choice, top 10 bands hmmmm aside from Mac

1. Heart
2. Journey
3. Led Zepplin
4. Blondie
5. U2
6. Genisis
7. Creed
8. Un Written Law
9. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

drum roll please

10. Areosmith

[Mac Fan]

Right, after reading through everyone's list, I've missed some great bands/singers from my list.

[Janet]

1. ABBA
2. Beatles
3. Genesis
4. Kate Bush( Not a band)
5. No Doubt
6. U2
7. Enya ( not a band)
8. Pink Floyd
9. The Who
10. David Gray ( yes...not a band)

Any more more more. These are the artists I listen to the most though, and buy the most of probably. I also like Radiohead, but I also think after OK Computer, I just don't understand why they had to go so left field. I also really like Dido, but she is in hiding, same with my fav. Fiona Apple, but she is also just MIA. There are so many 80's and 70's bands I LOVE like Queen, Tears for Fears, Erasure, Joe Jackson, Eagles, Heart...but that would be in my top 20:)

If I just did BANDS then it would be

1. ABBA
2. Beatles
3. Genesis
4. No Doubt
5. U2
6. Pink Floyd
7. The Who
8. Queen
9. Eagles
10. Radiohead

[rhiannon16]

1. The Doors ****Jim Morrison Rox
2. Led Zeppelin
3. New Found Glory
4. The Hives
5. The Beatles
6. The Bangles
7. 4 Non Blondes
8. Black Sabbath
9. Saliva
10. Weezer
I have a lot more bands and they aren't in any order.

[Sarah]

Yay!!

In no particular order, really, except JA and ABBA definitely go at the top of this list. They'll flip flop, but I love them both dearly.

1. Jefferson Airplane. (Includes all incarnations, incl. Signe.. and when Grace was with Great Society. So.. GS/JA1/JA2/JS/Starship)
2. ABBA.
3. No Doubt
4. Mamas and the Papas (the fashion of passion i rationed with caution because of the notion the potion of passion had never been passed to me..)
5. The Beatles (Occasional Beatles burnout. Prefer 1967 & later.)
6. Blondie
7. Pink Floyd (After Syd.)
8. Dave Matthews (DMB Burnout occurs.. but they freakin' rule Live.)
9. Queen
10. Simon & Garfunkel


I limited myself to Bands.. cuz.. if you had said artists, it would have been damn near impossible. Possibly we can start a new solo-artist/group thread at some point.. cuz i didnt include like.. Musiq.. Stevie Wonder.. Outkast.. cuz they aren't really "bands,"even if they do have a backup band.

Sarah

[Grainuaile]

I don't listen to a lot of bands, I just realized. I love the Dixie Chicks and Aerosmith.

I listen to a lot of Canadian artists, mainly singer/songwriters such as Jimmy Rankin, Bruce Guthro and Stephen Fearing. Also Blue Rodeo, who play rock/country/folk/jazzy stuff...hard to catagorize.

[ERigby818]

Originally posted by Sarah

1. Jefferson Airplane. (Includes all incarnations, incl. Signe.. and when Grace was with Great Society. So.. GS/JA1/JA2/JS/Starship)
2. ABBA.
3. No Doubt
4. Mamas and the Papas (the fashion of passion i rationed with caution because of the notion the potion of passion had never been passed to me..)
5. The Beatles (Occasional Beatles burnout. Prefer 1967 & later.)
6. Blondie


I like reading the lists posted on this thread and seeing if there's like a common theme within the lists. Sarah, most of your fave bands have men and women. I dig that too...I love when men and women harmonize, and you've gotta admit all that relaionship drama is amusing;):D:laugh:. I know there was plenty of that in ABBA, M&P, the Mac, of course and some in No Doubt. I don't know about JA or its incarnations. Blondie had no relationship drama, just a great love story (Debbie and Chris Stein formed the group, stayed together through the whole thing, and remained together for 6 years after the band's breakeup in 1983...nearly 20 years together).
Have you ever heard Shocking Blue? You might like them. I've only heard like 4 of their songs and they are kinda cool. I think they were a psychadelic 60's one-hit wonder group (they sang the original hit "Venus") from Sweden, I think. I know they were European. anyway, you should check them out if you haven't. They were a bunch of guys with a sexy brunette chick lead singer. That's about all I know about them :D
-Sonia